THE RandA ANNOUNCES PRIZE FUND FOR THE 147^TH OPEN AT CARNOUSTIE

The Champion Golfer of the Year will win US $1,890,000 at The 147^th Open at Carnoustie.

The R and A announced that the total prize fund will be US $10,500,000.

Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R and A, said, “The prize fund reflects The Open’s position as one of the world’s great sporting events and we look forward to seeing the best players in the sport competing for the Claret Jug at Carnoustie.”

Prize money

Place	US$		Place	US$
1	1,890,000		36	55,000
2	1,093,000		37	52,500
3	701,000		38	50,000
4	545,000		39	48,000
5	438,000		40	46,500
6	380,000		41	44,500
7	326,000		42	42,500
8	275,000		43	40,500
9	241,000		44	38,500
10	218,000		45	36,250
11	198,000		46	34,250
12	176,000		47	32,750
13	165,000		48	31,500
14	155,000		49	30,250
15	144,000		50	29,500
16	132,500		51	28,900
17	126,000		52	28,300
18	120,000		53	27,900
19	115,000		54	27,450
20	109,500		55	27,000
21	104,500		56	26,600
22	99,000		57	26,200
23	94,000		58	26,100
24	89,000		59	26,000
25	86,000		60	25,800
26	82,000		61	25,600
27	79,000		62	25,500
28	76,000		63	25,400
29	73,000		64	25,300
30	69,500		65	25,100
31	67,000		66	25,000
32	63,500		67	24,800
33	61,500		68	24,600
34	59,500		69	24,400
35	57,500		70	24,175

Prize Money shall be allocated only to professional golfers.

If more than 70 professional golfers qualify for the final two rounds, additional prize money will be added. Prize money will decrease by US $125 per qualifying place above 70 to a minimum of US $13,500.

Non-qualifiers after two rounds: Leading 10 professional golfers and ties US $7,375; next 20 professional golfers and ties US $5,900; remainder of professional golfers and ties US $4,950